Even though this is written from the perspective of a girl growing up, I identity with this so much. I always had to be wary. I always had someone (even my own father) telling me I was weak and worthless. I never felt safe, especially from my peers. My own relatives shunned me in school and outside it like I was a plague. It would’ve been easier for me to conform but I did not — I decided “fuck them” and I never conceded anything — and I am very proud of myself for that.

“You were the strongest little fighter that carried me here.” Right on, sister. She and I know how it is.

Joke’s on them, though. I’m tougher than and have done better than every single one of those motherfuckers. I walked the hard path and it did not beat me. No one should have to do that but I did and here I am while many of them are in graves now and good fucking riddance to them all.

The first ten on today’s playlist:

How do you deal with being perceived as a threat all the time?

This is probably the worst part of being a man. I don’t think you ever get used to it. At least I have not.

And the terrible thing is that most women are actually really bad at perceiving which men are truly a threat — they most often get it exactly wrong. I haven’t figured out why, yet, though. Still thinking about it. I think too many women perceive confidence as not a threat, when in reality it’s the confident pricks who most likely are very dangerous.

But not sure.

What? Only $4 million to make a film like that? Insane. I figured at least $20 million if not higher. That makes me appreciate the work all the more.

God, The Witch is such a great film. It never hits a false note and maintains its tone throughout — and Anya Taylor-Joy is so very good in this. All the cast is, for that matter. That’s why The Witch is one of my favorite films of the last decade, if not my favorite. It just transports you to a different world, strands you there and says, “Here, look.”

It’s not for everyone — it does not hold your hand, it does not condescend, and it does not attempt (as nearly all modern films would) to pretend these fundamentalist Puritan characters in 17th Century New England think nor act anything like us. And that is exactly what makes the film great. It has the courage to be a real movie.

The first ten on today’s playlist:

This is regarding Covid:

However, there has been significant decoupling of hospitalization and case numbers due to population-level immunity.

Huh! I remember “experts” telling us over and over that “herd immunity is impossible” and that it was not happening and could not happen. When any fucking person who is not an idiot knew it was gonna happen. It was also cute how these experts redefined “herd immunity” to mean something it had never meant in the past and is in no textbook anywhere.

It was also really damn strange to see them do things like claiming that herd immunity didn’t mean what they said it meant four months prior. Makes you wonder exactly what they were playing at.

Self-checkout is annoying for this very reason:

I only do this kinda crap when I’m alone as I don’t like to drag anyone else into my clownery, but one time at a self-checkout some cheese wouldn’t scan and no one was available to help. I waited for five minutes and then gave up, paid for the other items.

Then I walked out the door while half-shouting, “I’m leaving! If anyone wants to stop me, now’s the time!” No one did and I got free cheese for wasting my motherfucking time. No one said or did shit. And I’d do it again. If anyone wants to lay a shoplifting charge on me for $5 of cheese, bring it. I have lots and lots of money for all the lawyers and I’m spiteful.

Can’t believe I found this. I watched this when it aired on TV in 1993.

I usually don’t care much for horns but those horn players are really killing it and add a lot to the song live. And that drummer…he’s playing ’em like he stole ’em.

I had this on VHS long ago, and now long lost.

Never saw this band live, but wanted to. I love Nina’s primal scream at the beginning of the fast part of the song. God the 90s were such a different time.

No idea why this needed to be in black and white, but the performance is better than the album cut.

I do not camp and this is exactly why.